The Third Hokage did not brush him off. Although not many were selected, every one of these ninja was highly capable.
After glancing over the files, Shimura Danzō was even more satisfied.
Among this group were combat specialists, assassins, support-type ninja, one medical ninja, one sensory ninja, and one sealing ninja.
They had everything they needed.
"You are the elites of your respective clans. You know why you were specifically chosen. Put on these clothes and follow this old man. The village needs you."
As he spoke, Shimura Danzō tossed out a scroll.
The scroll contained a messy pile of gear and clothing.
The ninja present decisively changed into the clothes and equipment, then followed Shimura Danzō into the darkness and vanished.
Before long, their location was tracked to one of the Hokage Guard Team's exclusive passages.
Ever since the Anbu had been separated out, their exclusive passages had no longer been available for others to use. Even those carrying out classified missions had to take other routes.
With no other choice, the Third Hokage had opened several passages exclusively for the Hokage Guard Team.
Shimura Danzō led his men out through one of those passages and headed straight for the Daimyo's Court.
The Daimyo's Court?
What was going on?
Because of the Uchiha's scheme of killing with a borrowed blade, the Third Hokage had considered putting Shimura Danzō back into action. Jingyi knew that much.
What he had not expected was for the Third Hokage to be this ambitious—selecting a group of men for Shimura Danzō and sending them straight to the Daimyo's Court.
Jingyi also had puppets within the Daimyo's Court. As long as these people infiltrated it, he would know immediately.
"This is getting more and more interesting."
What were the Third Hokage and Shimura Danzō trying